RE the apartment: The bottom part is boarded over today, but back in
1989, it was an open garage area, and kittens were born there! (Nine
little black, glossy kittens, to a stray that Hannah had found at the
animal shelter. Hannah named the stray "Lilith." And within a few weeks
after her kittens were born, she disappeared. After 6 weeks, we put up
signs in the Hyde Park neighborhood: "Free black kittens!" We gave all
of them away in a day, except for one, "Mr. Crusty," the runt of the
litter. Who turned out to be a girl, and my beloved "Frances," my first cat.)

Looking at the Craigslist pics: The owners have barely done anything to
it. I still see the same one AC window unit! As for the claim that this
is a "2-bedroom" apartment... No... There's a tiny front room that the
one AC unit never reached. You couldn't go in there in the summer
because it was stifling. And the "bathroom" was a 5 X 5 room with only a
stand-up shower. It was cute for $310 back when I was 23. It might be
cute today for $611. But for $1295??? What sucker would ever pay that???
Oh... Californians. 25-year-old techies from wherever, trying to
"experience Austin." News for ya: Austin, and its charmingly "weird"
funkiness, was something to experience circa 1974 to 1994. Today, it's
merely trendy and generic and expensive, its past reputation available to the highest bidder. No soul.